ruffles and stuff

one of my favorite, if not my favorite, cake designers, is my sweet and saucy out in cali.  

melody does such great work.  her cakes are the style that i would like to replicate the most.  

so simple and elegant.  

i'm such a wanna-be-cake-maker.

she recently started a cake stand supply store, in addition to her bakery in long beach. my sis-in-law is getting married out in the san diego area in may.  i am seriously taking a trip to stalk out this place. 

these cake stands are to die for.

and smack dab...almost...in the middle is that ruffle cake that i adore.

i have made it one time before for a baby shower and it came out pretty nice.  it was surprisingly easy to decorate.

my girlfriend's daughter, v, who is also my future daughter-in-law, had her first birthday yesterday.  so what better reason than to make another ruffle cake.

i attempted to take pics of the process, but then i forgot to take pics after i crumb-coated.

can't say i didn't try?!?!

you're in luck anyway, because melody has a great tutorial of how to do a ruffle cake.  it's better than any picture i can take.  

here's the tutorial.

how'd v's cake turn out, you ask?!

here's the birthday girl going to town-ish.

that's more like it!  you show that cake who's boss!!

i'm a cake maker wanna-be, what kind of wanna-be are you?  

hope everyone is having a great day in this crummy weather. and if you live far away and have sunshine...get out and enjoy it...for me:)   we have a cloudy/rainy five day forecast. sadness.

xoxo

jill